Throughout the New Testament, believers are given instructions on how to treat one another. Love one another. Honor one another. Serve one another. Pray for one another. In our flesh, we’re prone to do these things when we’re extended love, honor, and service. But scripture is clear: “As you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.” Luke 6:31

It’s here that we reflect the heart of our Savior.

This year, we’re prayerfully considering this call to love as Christ does —to show His character in how we speak and extend grace in all our dealings and interactions.

Each month, we’ll highlight a “one another” of Scripture by providing an encouraging and practical article for your edification. We will also provide Bible verses that you can pray back to the Lord.

As we embark on this journey together, we ask that God use His Word to shape and refine our hearts, making them more like His. May we be a radiant reflection of Him as we extend love and grace to others.

 May 2026

Do Good to One Another

Nichole Tittle

As we transition from the program year’s reliable schedule to the spontaneity of warm summer days, we want to encourage you to hold fast to the spiritual discipline of praying for one another. While the summer season is often filled with fun vacations and lake days, picnics and park dates, we continue to live in a broken world where Satan is alive and active…we are still in a battle. The apostle Paul urges us in Ephesians 6:18 to be “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.” We must continue to pray for each other!

 And as we spend time in prayer, let’s pray that we wholeheartedly take hold of the opportunities that God gives us to do good to those around us, our sisters and brothers in Christ…and everyone else that crosses our paths this summer.

 Goodness shows itself in action. It is doing the right thing, the generous thing, the hard thing (always in Jesus’ name and because He is so very good to us), to bless someone else. As we conclude this year’s focus on the “One Anothers of Scripture”, let’s determine in our hearts to look for ways to do good to our sisters in Christ who are a part of this church family.

 Would you please pause a moment with me here? Let’s take a few minutes to imagine different opportunities that God may bring our way over the next few months.

What might it look like to do something good for the new family in our neighborhood? The coworker who has a lot on her plate right now? The woman in our church family who no longer drives? Or the widow we say hello to every Sunday? What about the little ones who are running through the Commons as we come into worship? What about the mamas that are chasing after them? The sister in Christ that we don’t seem to have much in common with? Or the one that simply rubs us the wrong way?

 These are the scenarios that popped up in my mind as I considered what this summer might look like. I will have so many opportunities to use my words, my actions, my material resources, and my time to bless the people God brings into my life. I know that I cannot be good or do good on my own. Only God is good, and it can only be as I abide in Him and His Spirit lives and loves through me that I will be able to joyfully live out these opportunities that He will bring to me.

 And what is the joy that comes from doing good to one another? In Matthew 5:16, Jesus says, Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” When the goodness of God is demonstrated in our obedient actions, it tells the world that He is truly the Light in this dark world, and His worthy name gets the honor and praise!

 So, let us allow God’s goodness to us spill over onto every person that God brings into our lives this summer.  Let us make much of the goodness of God, so that His name will be lifted up high wherever we go this summer!